Reliable interconnection of solar cells including integral bypass diode
AssigneeEmcore Solar Power, Inc.
InventorsMark A. Stan, Marvin Bradford Clevenger, Paul R. Sharps
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Abstract
A solar cell array including a first solar cell with an integral bypass diode and an adjacent second solar cell and two discrete metal interconnection members coupling the anode of the bypass diode of the first cell with the anode of the second solar cell.
Claims20
A solar cell array including a first solar cell with an integral first bypass diode, a second solar cell with an integral second bypass diode, a first metal interconnection member coupling the cathode of the first solar cell with the anode of the second solar cell and coupling a first region on the anode of said first bypass diode with a first region on the anode of the second solar cell;
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- a second metal interconnection member coupling a second region on the anode of said first bypass diode with a second region on the anode of the second solar cell.
A solar cell array comprising:
- a first solar cell with an integral bypass diode, and
- a second solar cell including
- a first metal interconnection member coupling a first region on an anode of said bypass diode with a first region on the anode of the second solar cell;
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- a second metal interconnection member coupling a second region on the anode of said bypass diode with a second region on the anode of the second solar cell and inserted and coupling the cathode of the first solar cell and the anode of the second solar cell.
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